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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Faculty and staff members in Arkansas would be allowed to carry
concealed handguns on the state’s college campuses under a measure approved yesterday by state
representatives. The bill has the backing of Gov. Mike Beebe.

The Arkansas state House voted 70 to 11 to allow colleges and universities to decide themselves
whether to allow concealed weapons on their campuses, advancing the bill to the state Senate, which
is expected to approve it.

Arkansas would join 23 states that allow individual colleges or universities to decide whether
to ban or allow concealed carry of weapons on campus, according to the National Conference of State
Legislatures.